About
A commercial partner you keep on retainer.
Siliyan Advisory works with UK independents and small firms on the two things that decide whether a good business is also a profitable one: what it pays out, and what it charges.
Why we started
We kept meeting owners who were trading well and still losing money to contracts nobody had looked at in years. Energy rolled over at a bad rate. Card fees creeping up a tenth of a percent at a time. Stock bought on a price list from 2021.
The help available was either a broker paid by the supplier, or a comparison site that stops at the cheapest headline number. Neither one sits with you at renewal, and neither one reads the terms.
So we built the thing we wanted to hire. A small advisory that gets paid by the client, reviews the same accounts every quarter, and knows the difference between a lower unit rate and a better contract.
The same playbook we used ourselves
Siliyan started as a plan, a model and a pack we took to the people who backed us. When we advise a founder now, we are handing over a method that has been tested with our own money on the table.
How we work
Small team, senior only
You deal with the person doing the work. There is no account manager layer and no junior learning on your file.
We are not trying to be the cheapest voice in the room. We are trying to be the one that has read the contract.
Siliyan Advisory
What makes this different
Why owners keep us on
One relationship, not one transaction
The same team tracks contracts, renewals and rates over time, instead of disappearing after a single switch.
Numbers, not guesswork
Every recommendation is built on a working model or a benchmarked comparison rather than a hunch.
Built by founders, for founders
The startup sequence is the same playbook Siliyan used to build itself.
No jargon
Recommendations are explained in plain commercial terms, so you make the final call with confidence.
How we work
Four stages, then it repeats
A first engagement runs about ten weeks from the day we get your bills. After that it becomes a standing job we hold in the background.
Review
Two weeks. We collect bills, contracts and management accounts, then show you where the money leaks and what it is worth fixing.
Negotiate
Four weeks. We tender, push suppliers on price and terms, then put the options in front of you side by side. You choose and you sign.
Implement
Four weeks. Switches booked, new prices loaded, staff shown what changed. We handle the supplier paperwork and chase the dates.
Hold the line
Ongoing. Renewal dates tracked, prices rechecked quarterly, out of contract rates challenged before they land.
Tell us what your year looks like.
Fifteen minutes on a call is usually enough for us both to know whether there is work here.